Motions

Novice Finals

  • This House would take the blue pill rather than the red pill.
  • Novice Semifinals

  • This house supports the glorification of female rage in television and film (Amy Dunne in Gone Girl, Maxxine in Pearl, Kiddo in Kill Bill)
  • School Finals

  • This house believes that companies should adopt the practice of Radical Transparency.
  • School Semifinals

  • This house, as an average individual living in region with reasonbly good healthcare, prefers a sudden unpredictable death (e.g. heart attack, car accident) over a slower death (e.g. cancer, other chronic diseases).
  • Open Grand Final

  • This House predicts that a global economic crisis will occur in the next 10 years.
  • Open Semifinals

  • This House believes that the academic study of history should focus on great figures and institutions rather than cultural forces and the experiences of ordinary people.
  • Round 5

  • This house supports the use of AI, (e.g Autonomous drones, Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, AI-assisted missile defense systems,AI target-recognition systems and so on) in contemporary military operations.
  • Round 4

  • This House supports the emphasis on negative experiences (e.g., trauma, bad living conditions, etc.) as the primary source of artistic creativity.
  • Round 3

  • Assuming empathy could be accurately measured, This house would only allow individuals with a high level of empathy for those outside of their immediate circle to vote.
  • Round 2

  • This house believes that parents should teach daughters to assume men are "guilty until proven innocent".
  • Round 1

  • This house would require public universities to reserve places for rural students.